As you might know from reading my blog, I share my apartment with four pet rats and three pet mice. Rats and mice make great pets, as they are fairly low maintenance when compared to a dog or a cat. However, they are still very intelligent, fully of energy, and lots of fun to have […]
One of my rats, Lucy, died last week. She was almost exactly 2 years old and had started to slow down some over the past several months, spending a lot more time napping than she use to. Lucy and her sister Georgie were my first two rats, who I got as babies in the fall […]
This fall, Hannah Dawson Equine is hosting the first ever World Clicker Equine Games. The clicker games are a free online video competition where clicker trainers from around the world can show off what they have achieved with their horses using positive training techniques. The judging and awards will take place at the 2012 Equine […]
Here's a fun video that I ran across earlier in the week. The dog in the video, Tara, had previously learned to blow bubbles in a small bowl of water while inside. Now, it's time to practice the behavior in a completely new location — outside! In addition, another big thing has changed, instead of […]
I'm traveling this week in Oklahoma and Arkansas! I attended a wedding last weekend, now I'm spending a few days relaxing with my family at a cabin in Arkansas, and I'm spending a couple of days at the end of the week in Tulsa while my little brother attends orientation for his graduate school program. […]
We’ve been having a good discussion recently on one of the clicker training facebook groups about how to reduce or fade out the clicks and treats when clicker training. When people start clicker training (What is clicker training?), many are afraid that they are doomed to always carry around a clicker and a bag of […]
